12/22/2025
A ginormous thank you to everyone who submitted this year—another amazing year of submissions (almost 2,000!). We continue to be astonished at the amount of powerful stories that we have the privlege of reading. There’s so many scripts that we cannot support that we know will go on to make powerful films. Art is subjective and not being selected by our grant is not an indication that your script will not resonate with audiences or lacks creativity or is in any way “worse” than then the winning and finalist scripts. It simply means the films resonated more with a very small group of people with very specific tastes. That goes for any festival, grant, or contest. We are not the arbiters of what makes good art.
And now, without further ado, we are incredibly thrilled to present our winning project for 2025—REMEMBER HER written & directed by Leah Simone. Quite simply, this was the script that moved us most. It captures the complexity, confusion, and depth of love in the midst of trauma, mental illness, and suffering. It’s a deeply affecting story about family, and about the ebb and flow of emotional availability when those we love most are in pain. We are confident this heartfelt script will resonate deeply with many viewers.
LOGLINE: After receiving a call from her sister, who happens to be in labor, Jessi unexpectedly spends a revelatory afternoon with her estranged mother.
We feel exicted about Leah’s visual approach and the team she’s surrounding herself with and we look forward to seeing her bring the powerful experience that is on the page, onto the screen.
We’ll continue to roll out posts of our Finalist films over the next few weeks to share with y’all.
Keep dreaming, creating, and filming.
❤️
